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SIX CHARACTERS

La MaMa, The Club

15 - 17 January 2026

In a world of growing hatred, this 40-minute wordless piece becomes a fragile, human story of one person’s need for another. Built without words, the piece continues Trukhin’s search for a new theatrical vocabulary shaped by silence, clowning, and the forgotten chemistry between performers and audiences.

Director:

Egor Trukhin


Producer:

Xiaoyan Zhu
Catt Filippov 


Stage manager:

Ruihan Renee Yang 


Props designer:

Robie Scola
Catt Filippov
 

 

Costume designer:

Zhang Hanxiao

Catt Filippov 

Devised with and performed by:
Nahar Aminov 
Yann Toullec 
Eli Nuss 
Catt Filippov
Nico Galloway 

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A human story of one person’s need for another

Directed by

Egor Trukhin

Egor Trukhin

Egor Trukhin is a Russian-Israeli theater and film director, actor, and writer. He left Russia in 2022 in protest of the war and has since been working internationally, with hiswork presented in 17 countries. He is currently based in New York, pursuing his MFA inDirecting at Columbia University under the mentorship of Anne Bogart.

In his authorial method, Egor Trukhin understands theater as a dream – an attempt to create his own world and to build a temporary home inside the theatrical space. Trukhin’s work focuses on the human being as a living contradiction — vulnerable, lonely, and searching.

Devised with & performed by:

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Nahar Aminov

Nahar Aminov is a New York–based, Israeli-born actress. She began her career as a professional dancer in Israel and moved to New York on a dance visa. While performing, she was cast as a dancer in a film, where the director encouraged her to pursue acting and study at HB Studio. 

She trained with renowned teachers including Mercedes Ruehl and Peter Francis James, and soon signed with management. Nahar quickly booked her first television role on HBO’s The Other Two, followed by appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Black Rabbit (Netflix), American Sports Story (Disney+), and Day of the Fight alongside Michael Pitt.

Her stage work includes an original play, The Argentinian Prostitute Play, presented as part of the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival. Over the past year, she has been collaborating with director Egor Trukhin, exploring new theatrical styles and continuing to expand her artistic range.

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Catt Filippov 

Catt Filippov (she/they) is a Russian/Canadian theatre maker based in Brooklyn, NY. As a performer, she has trained with various institutions across North America, including: the University of Toronto (Hons. BA), Canada’s National Voice Intensive, Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre (summer intensive), the Guild of Embodied Practitioners, and Brooklyn Comedy Collective. Catt also holds an MFA in playwriting from Columbia University (‘23). Her plays have been produced in New York and California. Some of her writing can be found on New Play Exchange.

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Eli Nuss

Eli Nuss (he/him) is an Israeli actor whose credits include Ibiza, Kfula, and Mekif Milano. He further developed his craft in Israel as an actor, writer, director, and producer before training at the Atlantic Acting School’s Full-Time Conservatory in New York. His New York and Off-Broadway credits include The Rug, Twelve Angry Men, and Little Women.

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Yann Toullec

Yann Toullec (he/him) is a French-American actor who trained at the Conservatoire Régional d’Art Dramatique in Brest, the Ecole Charles Dullin in Paris and more recently the William Esper Studio in New York. Recent credits include Het Crimes at The Tank and Onur Tukel’s That Cold Dead Look In Your Eyes.

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Nico Galloway

Nico Galloway (character, he/they) is a New York–based actor, writer, and director with a foundation in classical theatre, physical performance, and independent film. His recent stage work includes Pat’s Tats (Pat, Aery Theatre Company One-Act Festival, Best Actor), The Importance of Being Earnest (Ernest Worthing, Hudson Classical Theatre Co.) and Darla (Heid, Theatre For the New City). He has trained extensively in Meisner technique under Steve Pearlmutter and has a background in clowning, circus arts.

XiaoYan Zhu

XiaoYan Zhu (Producer, she/her) is currently an MFA candidate in Theatre Management & Producing at Columbia University. 

Ruihan ‘Renee’ Yang

Ruihan ‘Renee’ Yang (she/they) is a New York–based stage manager and writer. Born and raised in Beijing, China, Ruihan brings a cross-cultural perspective to her work and is committed to cultivating inclusive artistic spaces. Her selected credits include BAKKHAI, The Winter’s Tale (Columbia University), Nüwa in Fairyland (Chuang Stage), Gianni Schicchi & Suor Angelica (Boston University), and Mars Concert 2025. Ruihan is a proud graduate of Boston University and is currently pursuing an MFA in Stage Management at Columbia University. With gratitude to her family, friends, and all who supported her. May there be peace in the world.

Hanxiao Zhang

Costume Designer

Robie Scola

Prop Designer

To feel what
is most valuable

“I have lost trust in words because they have lost their meaning for me. We are living in a time of growing hatred, where aggression is becoming the norm. The more this aggression and hatred grow, the more I, as a director, feel compelled to respond by rejecting words and creating a performance about one person’s love for another, a space where there is no hatred or violence. At least for an hour and a half.”

— Egor Trukhin,

director and founder of Trukhin Ark

You can be part of this

From January 15 to 17, we will show a 40-minute excerpt in a workshop format, and we would be delighted to have your support and presence.

 

Our goal is to show this work in its entirety in New York (and beyond), so the support of the professional community and audiences is important to us.​ Just as this performance was assembled from small pieces contributed by each member of the team, we invite you to become part of this project and help us present it in its entirety.​

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We would be grateful if you would support the work of our team to make our creativity a reality. Trukhin Ark is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a 501(c)(3) public charity.

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